It happened soon
afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and
bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. With him were the twelve,
and certain women who had
been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called
Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out; and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas,
Herod's steward; Susanna; and many others; who served them from their possessions. When a great multitude came
together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a
parable. "The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some
fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the
sky devoured it. Other
seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because
it had no moisture. Other
fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it. Other fell into the good ground,
and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred times." As he
said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to
hear, let him hear!"Then his disciples
asked him, "What does this parable mean?"
He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of
God, but to the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may not see, and
hearing they may not understand.' Now the parable is this: The seed
is the word of God. Those
along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away
the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved. Those on the rock are they who,
when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who
believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation. That which fell among the thorns,
these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are
choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to
maturity. That in the
good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard
the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.

A Lamp on a Stand

"No one, when he has lit a
lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a
stand, that those who enter in may see the light. For nothing is hidden, that will
not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to
light. Be careful
therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever
doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he
has."

Jesus' Mother and Brothers

His mother and
brothers came to him, and they could not come near him for the crowd.
It was told him by some
saying, "Your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to see
you."
But he answered them,
"My mother and my brothers are these who hear the
word of God, and do it."

Jesus Calms the Storm

Now it happened on one
of those days, that he entered into a boat, himself and his disciples, and
he said to them, "Let's go over to the other side of
the lake." So they launched out. But as they sailed, he fell
asleep. A wind storm came down on the lake, and they were taking on
dangerous amounts of water. They came to him, and awoke him,
saying, "Master, master, we are dying!" He awoke, and rebuked
the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it was calm.
He said to them, "Where is your faith?" Being afraid they
marveled, saying one to another, "Who is this, then, that he commands
even the winds and the water, and they obey him?"

They arrived at the country of
the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.
When Jesus stepped
ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met
him. He wore no clothes, and didn't live in a house, but in the tombs.
When he saw Jesus, he
cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said,
"What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God?
I beg you, don't torment me!" For Jesus was commanding the
unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often
seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and
fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the
desert.
Jesus asked him, "What is your name?"He said, "Legion," for many demons had entered into him.
They begged him that he
would not command them to go into the abyss. Now there was there a herd of
many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would allow
them to enter into those. He allowed them. The demons came out from the man,
and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into
the lake, and were drowned. When those who fed them saw what
had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.
People went out to see
what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the
demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right
mind; and they were afraid. Those who saw it told them how he
who had been possessed by demons was healed. All the people of the surrounding
country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very
much afraid. He entered into the boat, and returned. But the man from whom the demons
had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him
away, saying, "Return to your house, and declare what great things God
has done for you." He went his way, proclaiming throughout the
whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.

A Dead Girl and a Sick Woman

It happened, when
Jesus returned, that the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting
for him. Behold, there
came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue. He fell down
at Jesus' feet, and begged him to come into his house, for he had an only daughter,
about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the
multitudes pressed against him. A woman who had a flow of blood
for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could
not be healed by any, came behind him, and touched the
fringe of his cloak, and immediately the flow of her blood stopped.
Jesus said, "Who touched me?"When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, "Master, the
multitudes press and jostle you, and you say, 'Who touched
me?'"
But Jesus said, "Someone did touch me, for I perceived that power has gone
out of me." When the woman saw that she was
not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared to
him in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched him,
and how she was healed immediately. He said to her, "Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made you well. Go in
peace."While he still spoke,
one from the ruler of the synagogue's house came, saying to him,
"Your daughter is dead. Don't trouble the Teacher."
But Jesus hearing it,
answered him, "Don't be afraid. Only believe, and she
will be healed."When he came to the
house, he didn't allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John, James, the
father of the child, and her mother. All were weeping and mourning
her, but he said, "Don't weep. She isn't dead, but
sleeping."They were ridiculing
him, knowing that she was dead. But he put them all outside, and
taking her by the hand, he called, saying, "Child,
arise!" Her
spirit returned, and she rose up immediately. He commanded that something
be given to her to eat. Her parents were amazed, but he
charged them to tell no one what had been done.